Stock-car



(No Model.)

W. H. H. S'ISUM.

STOCK GAR.

Patented "Mar. 12, 1889.

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\VILLIAM H. H. SISUM, OF BROOKLYN, NEIV YORK.

STOCK-CAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 399,574, dated March12, 1889.

Application filed September 19, 1888. Serial No. 285,800. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. H. SIsUM, of Brooklyn, in Kings county,and State of New York, have invented a certain new and usefulImprovement in Stock-Oars, of which the following is a specification.

I will describe a stock-car embodying my improvement, and point out thenovel features in claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a transverse "ertical sectionof a car-body embodying my improvement. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectionof a portion thereof, the section being taken as indicated by the dottedline as m, Fig. 1. lengthwise of the car, as indicated by the dottedline i/ y, Fig. 1, the view being taken looking in the directionindicated by the arrow which is at one end of this line. Fig. i is aplan of the car-body.

Similar letters of reference designate corresponding parts in all thefigures.

A designates the car-body. It is shown as having a floor, a, slattedside walls, a a and closed ends (0 As represented, it is also providedwith mangers a and troughs a, into which feed or water maybe supplied bymeans of a pipe, B. The car-body is shown as having a double roof, a aand a dome or box, a", which extends from the upper roof. The box a hasopenings a in the side for ventilation. It is divided into compartmentsextending lengthwise of it. In one series of compartments, a, feed ofvarious kinds may be carried. In the other series of compartments, (0water-tanks C are arranged.

The compartment a extends lengthwise of the box and car-body for aboutone-half the length of the car-body, and in line with it and occupyingthe remainder of that side of the box is a compartment, The compartmenta is arranged parallel with a compartment a 011 the opposite side of thebox. Each compartment ca is opposite acompartment (L12, owing to thefact that one compartment a begins at one end of the car-body and theother compartment a begins at the other end of the car-body, and owingto the fact that one of the compartments begins at one end of thecarbody and the other at the opposite end of the car-body. There is aspace between the Fig. 3 is a vertical section takenoppositecompartments, through which an at tendant may pass down into the body ofthe car.

There are a number of tanks, O, in each compartment a, which ispreferable to a single long tank, for the reason that should one of theshort tanks become broken the others may still be continued in use byplugging the nipple-opening which enters the damaged tank, and, further,in long single tanks the stopping and starting of the car forces thewater in a body with great power against the ends of the tank oftencausing them to burst or tear loose. The tanks O are severally ofcylindrical form. Those which are in line are connected by nipples orintermediate pipes, O, as shown in Fig. 4.

Pipes C extend from the water-tanks to the pipes B. The pipes C havecombined with them stop-cocks O controlling the passage of water fromthe tanks through the pipes. The pipes B extend from the compartments adown to a point where they discharge into the troughs a. They havefunnel-shaped upper ends, and are so large that feed-such as oatsmay bepassed downwardly through them to supply the troughs. The water from thetanks 0 may be supplied to the troughs through these pipes 13 when, asin the present example of my improvement, the pipes 0 discharge into thepipes B. The troughs a may be emptied of water by means of pipes D,communicating with pipes D, extending lengthwise of the car-body.

The compartments a e are provided with covers a, shown as connected byhinges to the roof of the box a adjacent to openings with which the sameare provided.

I will now describe partitions which are combined with the car-body toenable it to be divided up into stalls when this is desirable. Each ofthese partitions is composed of two sections, E E Each section is alittle longer than one-half the width of the car-body. Each pair ofsections forming a partition are slightly out of line, so that one maylap over and slide past the other. They are substantially in line withopposite stanchions, a which are comprised in the sides of the car-body.T-hese stanchionsa are provided with jaws a, into which the outer sideedges of the sections of the partitions may fit when extended to dividethe car-body into stalls. contribute to maintain the partitions in anupright position.

As here shown, the sections of the partitions are of slattedconstruction, composed of horizontally-extending slats e and uprightpieces or hangers (2 to which they are secured by rivets or analogousmeans. The hangers e are suspended from the carlings of the carbody. Thehangers c of each partition-section E are hung from a different side ofa carlingfrom the hangers e of the other partitionsection. This may bebest understood by reference to Fig. 3, where it will be seen that acarling, (0 has secured to its under side a metal plate, at, having itsside edges upturn ed to form tracks, which support grooved wheels ejournaled in the upper ends of the hangers.

Then it is desired to open the car, one of the sections of eachpartition may be slid out of its place adjacent to the side of theother. Then a passageway will be formed along one side of the car; or,if desirable, a Zigzag passage-way may be afforded by sliding thesection E of one partition to the right and the section E of the nextpartition to the left.

The ends of the partition-sections, which are near the middle of thecar-body, are provided with eyes a, through which pass vertical bolts 6which also extend into sockets e, arranged in the floor of the car whenthe partition-sections are in position to divide the car-body intostalls.

I prefer to suspend the partitiolrseotions from the roof rather thansupport them from the floor.

WVhat I claim as my intention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is.

1. The combination, with a stock-car body having a trough and anelevated feed-compartment and water-compartment,,of a pipe extendingfrom the iced-compartment nearly to the trough and a pipe extending fromthe water-reservoir to and communicating with the feed-pipe,substantially as specified.

These jaws a 2. The combination, with a stock-car body,

of a partition consisting of two sections arranged out of line andsliding widthwise of the car, jaws on the car-body sustaining one end ofeach section, and vertical bolts sustaining the opposite ends,substantially as specified.

3. The combination, with a stock-car body, of a partition consisting oftwo suspended sliding sections arranged out of line, removable boltssustaining one end of each section, and fixed jaws sustaining theopposite ends, substantially as specified.

4. The combination, with a stock-car body, of a partition consisting oftwo sections arranged out of line and jointly extending across thecar-body and removable bolts for securing said partitions in positionwhen extended across the ear, substantially as specified.

5. The combination, with a stock-car body, of a partition consisting oftwo slatted sections arranged out of line and jointly extending acrossthe car-body, removable bolts, and fixed jaws for sustaining thepartitions, substantially as specified.

6. In a stock-oar, the combination, with the carlings having tracks oneach side, of partitions comprising two sections, hangers extending fromsaid sections, and grooved wheels journaled in the upper ends of saidhangers engaging the tracks, substantially as specified.

7. In a stock-car, the combination, with carlings arranged transversely,of tracks on each side of said carlings, partitions comprisingoverlapping sections, hangers extending from said sections, groovedwheels on said hangers, fixed jaws for sustaining one end of eachsection, eyes at the opposite ends of said sections, and bolts passingthrough said eyes and engaging with the floor, substantially asspecified.

lVM. H. H. SISUM.

\Vitnesses:

D. H. DRISCOLL, M. J. RoAoH.

